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Islamist opposition leader released after detention

(9 Mar 2009) SHOTLIST 1. Wide exterior home of Doctor Hassan Turabi, leader of Sudan's opposition Popular National Congress party: 2. Girl outside holding up poster of Turabi 3. Interior home of Turabi, he (left) and male relative greeting wellwishers, zoom into Turabi 4. Guests seated 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Doctor Hassan Turabi, leader of Sudan's opposition Popular National Congress party: "I have no doubt about it. I love international relations, and I prefer judicial relations to political; political, you know, the more powerful states probably lord (it over) the weaker. But when there is justice actually, before a court, people are equal. People are equal before the law, so it's better to legalise all international relations; all disputes should be settled in a judicial manner, not by the more powerful probably overrule the other. So I love this, and Sudan is an international country anyway." 6. Cutaway guests 7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Doctor Hassan Turabi, leader of Sudan's opposition Popular National Congress party: "Sudan's problems have all been resolved outside Sudan. The agreement with the south, the previous Darfur agreement, all these agreements. So there is no objection to using international relations (to reach an agreement). In my personal opinion, I think it is beneficial to deal with the international community as we should. Sudan will move forward, God willing. God himself tells us that one person goes and others come. Even the Prophet Muhammad was preceded by others, so it will happen as it has throughout history with Jacob and the other prophets." 8. Turabi greeting guests 9. Close up Turabi on phone 10. Turabi greeting guests STORYLINE An Islamist opposition leader detained after suggesting Sudan's president give himself up to face war crimes charges was released on Monday, after being held for nearly seven weeks without charge. Hassan Turabi was sent home from an eastern Sudanese prison at dawn. The 76-year-old's deteriorating health was a factor in the release, according to his son. Turabi received a joyous welcome as he returned to his home in Sudan's capital, Khartoum. Looking tired and slightly thinner than normal, but smiling brightly in his white traditional robes, Turabi received hundreds of well-wishers at his home. The leading Islamist politician was once an ally of President Omar al-Bashir and was behind the president's rise to power in a military coup in 1989. The two fell out in 1999 and Turabi set up his own Popular National Congress party. Turabi was arrested on January 14 after telling reporters al-Bashir should give himself up to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to save Sudan from internal strife. Amnesty International had protested against Turabi's detention, calling it arbitrary and saying it was carried out in response to his comments about the president. Speaking at his home in Khartoum on Monday, Turabi welcomed the involvement of the international community in Sudan's problems, and reiterated his support for the involvement of the ICC. "The agreement with the south, the previous Darfur agreement, all these agreements. So there is no objection to using international relations (to reach an agreement)," he said. Another leader of Turabi's Popular National Congress Party was also released on Monday. There was no immediate comment from the government on Turabi's release. Last week, the ICC, based in The Hague, in the Netherlands, issued an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. The government rejects the ICC and the charges against al-Bashir. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...